Thunder Bird

I don't own Naruto

Chapter Five

Raiji bit her lips togather, silently berating herself for being such a child. Tsunade stood on the other side of the room, taking care of Naruto's inguries. They'd traveled all the way to Suna to find the Hikakage, only to be kidnapped by a gang of creeps that Raiji had personally taken care of.

But Naruto had jumped in the way.

Sasha, Tsunade's assistant, was kneeling behind her, head bowed. She refused to look at anyone, and it was pissing the teenager off. With an agitated sigh, Raiji pushed off the wall, sweeping across the room and gripping the child's hair.

With a sharp tug Raiji was staring Sasha eye to eye, the look of shock on the younger's face. Raiji was only slightly surprised by the girl's appearance.

Large, pink eyes, a ring of red sweeping through them and making the pink look slightly stone washed. A blue stripe adoned each cheekbone, a diamond of the same color in the middle of her forehead.

Raiji did the only thing that came to mind. She opened her mouth and breathed. But the word that came out with that breath would bring many questions.

"Jishin."